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Re: Kicking ball out of a ruck. Is this illegal?

This is another joke for TV rugby, no need to change the existing laws, very few players were savvy enough to get their foot on the ball to disrupt the opposition. The law makers are turning the game into a one sided contest once you have the ball. They'll be removing flankers next

Re: Kicking ball out of a ruck. Is this illegal?

Originally Posted by ctrainor

. The law makers are turning the game into a one sided contest once you have the ball. They'll be removing flankers next

Tru that.

Flankers were removed years ago when they were required to stay bound in scrum. A flippin joke. We use to call them "breakaways". The real reason they have to stay bound is to provide more space for the backs. all for da money

Re: Kicking ball out of a ruck. Is this illegal?

Originally Posted by ctrainor

This is another joke for TV rugby, no need to change the existing laws, very few players were savvy enough to get their foot on the ball to disrupt the opposition. The law makers are turning the game into a one sided contest once you have the ball. They'll be removing flankers next

My experience has been a bit different. I've seen plenty of less talented players attempt to kick a ball out of a ruck and end up injuring themselves or someone that was actually rucking in a ruck. I think the new law trials are spot on.

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Re: Kicking ball out of a ruck. Is this illegal?

Originally Posted by BikerRef

My experience has been a bit different. I've seen plenty of less talented players attempt to kick a ball out of a ruck and end up injuring themselves or someone that was actually rucking in a ruck. I think the new law trials are spot on.

I call that learning, but rest assured now you'll be able to PK them for being "less talented".

Hopefully these less talented players will be able not to nudge the ball out accidentally as they lift feet forward and over to ruck the ball.

Intention is hard to referee. Whether a kick is intentional or happenstance will be also.

Re: Kicking ball out of a ruck. Is this illegal?

I agree with Bikerref and VM75, I'm glad this law has come in. More and more frequently people were trying to work their way through or over a ruck to kick the ball out, causing danger through where there feet were going, particularly where people were on the floor (and what ruck stays upright these days?).

This law change will prevent potentially dangerous action, and I don't see it has any particular impact on people's ability play rugby the 'right' way. There is still an option for a clear contest for the ball, even once a ruck has formed, we are just removing some of the more dangerous aspects of that ruck.

Re: Kicking ball out of a ruck. Is this illegal?

Originally Posted by Paule23

I agree with Bikerref and VM75, I'm glad this law has come in. More and more frequently people were trying to work their way through or over a ruck to kick the ball out, causing danger through where there feet were going, particularly where people were on the floor (and what ruck stays upright these days?).

This law change will prevent potentially dangerous action, and I don't see it has any particular impact on people's ability play rugby the 'right' way. There is still an option for a clear contest for the ball, even once a ruck has formed, we are just removing some of the more dangerous aspects of that ruck.

Yes. I can see quite clearly now that heeling the ball backwards won't in any way endanger anyone on the ground.

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Re: Kicking ball out of a ruck. Is this illegal?

Originally Posted by Paule23

I agree with Bikerref and VM75, I'm glad this law has come in. More and more frequently people were trying to work their way through or over a ruck to kick the ball out, causing danger through where there feet were going, particularly where people were on the floor (and what ruck stays upright these days?).

This law change will prevent potentially dangerous action, and I don't see it has any particular impact on people's ability play rugby the 'right' way. There is still an option for a clear contest for the ball, even once a ruck has formed, we are just removing some of the more dangerous aspects of that ruck.